Chicken Salad-Memorial Day Weekend Staple

I ended up mixing up the menu I had planned a bit. I didn't stop at Aldi's on the way one yesterday, and so my budget woudl have been way out of wack so I improvised when I went to the store near me Saturday morning. I had loads of the cooked chicken left so decided to make a chicken pasta salad instead of tuna. My sister J had a delicious chicken salad but I've never quite been able to replicate. She would marinate the cooked chicken in  French dressing, but that's all I know of her recipe. Instead, I like to make a mock version of a D'Amico and sons salad.

Here it is;
2 Cups diced chicken or turkey
8 ounces cooked pasta (rotini or farfalle work well)
1 cup dried cranberries or Craisins
1 cup slivered almonds (but I used sun flower seeds)
1 cup diced celery
Dressing to taste about 1 cup, more or less

So yummy! I  just make the dressing, as one of my sisters has a nut allergy but the real recipe calls for poppy seed dressing and the poppy seeds are in that same category, with just apple cider vinegar and sugar dissolved, then mayonnaise and pepper. It has almost the same taste without the poppy seeds.

I made  brownies from a mix. Instead of hummus, I made some veggie dip with the remaining sour cream I had on hand, onion flakes and garlic, and a bit of ranch dressing. I  had a cucumber already so ended up bringing celery, carrots and cucumber with the dip, the tortilla roll ups, brats instead of chicken, and ground chicken burgers. Oh, and I made a dozen muffins.  I wrote this yesterday afternoon after I did food prep an packing. I spent a total of  $27.69 on groceries so am still in my $380 for May game. This included some of the lemonade mix like Crystal light and two jugs of  ice tea lemonade. I already have salad greens, though they my have been eaten Saturday, but  bringing my share of the common meals.

So now, my weekend contributions and remander of the week look like this:
Cabin food
Chicken Burgers and buns
Italian Sausage/Brats and buns
Chicken Salad
Green Salad
Veggies and dip-minus cherry tomatoes because they were really expensive
Tortilla roll ups
Muffins
Brownies

Tuesday-Thursday
any leftovers   
Tuna hot dish
Veggie Fried rice
Chicken and broccoli hot dish 

Is anyone else doing any hosting or going this memorial day weekend? What is on your menu?